Ann Todd

ANN TODD d1993. English actress and producer nicknamed "the pocket Garbo" for her diminutive blond beauty, best known for 1940s films including ; "Perfect Strangers" (1945) / "The Seventh Veil" (1945) and Hitchcocks "The Paradine Case" (1947). She married director David Lean and appeared in his films ; "Passionate Friends" (1949) / "Madeleine" (1950) and "The Sound Barrier" (1952). She died following a stroke aged 84 in 1993.